Improved clothes-drier



' Mim o .MWhw SETI-I WAY, OF LA PORTE, INDIANA. Leners Patmrlvo. 87.312. daad Fama/ry 23,1869.

nvmnovnp CLOTHES-Darrin The Schedule referred to in these Letters Pai-.ent and making part of the sams- To all 4whom it mag/,concern Be it known that I, SETH WAY, of La Porte, in. the county of La Porte, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes- Drieis; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making,r part of this specification, `in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and

Figure 2 is aside elevation.

My improvements relate to that class of clothes-driers which are attached to the pipeof a stove, and clothes dried by the heat arising from the stove; and the points ou which I have'made my improvements on former driers will appear from the claims, hereinafter to be set forth.

In the drawings- A is the stove-pipe.'

B, the collar, lwhich isvcoustructed of thin metal, the topedge of which is slit to any required depth, bent over at right angles with its surface, and pierced to receive the hook in the end of the bar; or a lip, b,

may be formed in the surface for the same purpose.

The collar is clasped around the stove-pipe A, and made fast by the thumb-screw O.

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D are arms attached to the collar B, by means of a long hook, c, on the top of the arms D, hookinginto the top or centre of the collar B, at any pointarouud said collar, and are kept in place and made steady by ithe shoe or ferire, ou the underside of the said arms D, upon which small clothes, stockings, handkerchiefs, and other articles are hung to dry.

` I do not claim a clothes-drier in which thearms are pivoted to the collar.; but.

l. A collar, B, of thin metal, slit and bent in the manner described, and clamped by thumb-screw 0 as and for the purpose specified.

2. The arm D, provided with a hook, 0,-upon the top, and a shoe or fork, e, upon the bottom, as and for the purpose specied.

3. The combination of the collar B, and arm D, both as described, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signedmy name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing wit- Witnessesz ROBERT A. Hnws, MORTIMER NYE. 

